Design

10 of History’s Most Beautiful Typewriters

Typewriters are intricate machines—complex little boxes that require an abundance of ingenuity to produce. They are often beautiful, and they occasionally find wildly imaginative ways to conduct the delicate dance between the hammers and the keys. So much of the way we interact with machines today—QWERTY keyboard, hello!—directly links to the innovations pushed forth by…

Tech News Adrian Covert Aug 8

Protect Your Last Piece Of Sushi With Nunchaku Chopsticks

Restaurants can be a dangerous place if you’re dining with a ravenous group of friends who are ready to steal a piece of food off your plate the second you’re distracted. But now you can fight back, with these clever Nunchop Chopsticks which double as a miniature set of Nunchaku. For just over $9 you…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Aug 8

This Lovely Lighting Perfectly Complements a Spiral Staircase

A spiral staircase is a gorgeous feature of this Beirut home. And .PSLAB has made the gem even better, by adding a modern circular chandelier above it. The curving white fixture seems to move in tandem with the steps, lighting your ascent like a lantern from the sky. Though it was added after the steps…

Tech News Leslie Horn Aug 8

A Deck Chair For Those Who Trust in Science

This deck chair might look a little dangerous to the untrained eye, but for those who place confidence in physics it looks like the perfect spot to kick back and relax. The design, after all, relies purely on friction between the chair, wall and floor to remain standing. But for those who still feel a…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Aug 8

Ejector Seat Bar Stools Are the Most Efficient Way To Get Rid Of Creeps

If you completely avoid the bar scene because you’re tired of spending your nights dealing with creeps, you’ll sincerely wish this bar stool—crafted from an F-4 Phantom ejector seat—were fully functional. Because instead of having to jot down a fake phone number to escape an awkward situation, you could simply send the jerk blasting through…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Aug 7

10 Biggest Gadget Design Fails

A fair number of companies that read our product reviews tell me that they take our criticism to heart to improve their wares. That’s flattering to hear, but I don’t think the message is getting to the right people. How do I know? Companies continue to send us new laptops, tablets and smartphones that exhibit…

Tech News Mark Spoonauer - Laptop Magazine Aug 7

Gorgeous Golden Gate Knife Packs the Same Steel as Its Namesake

Though it was crafted in France, Laguiole’s beautiful Golden Gate Bridge folding pocket knife was inspired the iconic red orange bridge spanning the San Francisco Bay. And in addition to a handle designed to look like it’s made of criss-crossing girders, the knife is forged from the same steel used in the actual bridge that’s…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Aug 7

This Must Be The Most Uncomfortable Chair Ever

Screw comfort. At least, that’s Stefan Zwicky‘s take on furniture design if his concrete chair is anything to go by: five pieces of concrete held together by steel rebar make for a striking, if numbing, piece of design. A play on the iconic Corbusier LC-2 armchair, it is perhaps designed to make us reflect on…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Aug 7

Toilet Paper: A Brief and Sometimes Painful History

Seinfeld excelled at criticism of the everyday. A few months ago, in a fine essay in the NY Times, Sam Anderson suggested that Roland Barthes was the father of pop cultural criticism and that we are all now cultural critics in the Barthian vein, “decoding everything.” Perhaps. But if Barthes gave us serious criticism of…

Tech News Mike Sacasas Aug 6

How Sony Could Rule the Tech World Again

We reamed the Sony SmartWatch in a recent review. It was almost mean of us; it was definitely emotional. And while we stand by our opinion, another new Sony product perfectly illustrates why we got all pissed off: The gorgeous, awesome RX100. https://gizmodo.com/sony-smartwatch-review-maybe-the-worst-thing-sony-has-5926728 When we know a company is capable of products like this, we—and…

Tech News Sam Biddle Aug 6

Is It Possible to Make a New Tablet Look Exciting?

As Apple and Samsung continue to battle over product design, a possible new HP tablet has popped up in their marketing fluff with an intriguing look (see those tapered edges?! SEE?!). But considering that a successful tablet design is one with as little weight and volume around the screen as possible, is there still room…

Tech News Adrian Covert Aug 6

Off-Kilter Chair Puts a Sexy Slant on Seating

There’s nothing quite like the joy of making company ever-so-slightly uneasy, and these deceptive chairs with a faux-slant would probably do the trick. This chair by designer Rasmus B. Fex is called 9,5° and I’ll bet you can figure out exactly why. Despite the fact that all the chairs vertical pieces are skewed just slightly,…

Tech News Eric Limer Aug 5

Counter Scrap Table Is Made Out of a Kitchen’s Leftovers

Everybody winds up with leftovers in the kitchen, but unlike the rest of us, DuPont tends to wind up with leftover counters. Designer Rabih Hage decided that these particular leftovers might make a good table. Part of an exhibition at Milan Design Week titled “Corian® Colour Evolution,” the Leftovers Collection is comprised entirely out of…

Tech News Eric Limer Aug 5

Delightfully Minimalist Baton Lamps Make For a Pile With Style

Normally, once you set a lamp on a table, it stays there until someone knocks it over or you need a little extra space on your end table. These mobile, baton-like lamps aim to be a little more hands on. Brainchild of Hungarian designer Panni Pais, these lightme! lamps are designed to be mobile and…

Tech News Eric Limer Aug 4

Wonder Woman’s lasso is perfect for these Wild West Justice League illustrations

We’ve already fallen for Denis Medri’s rockabilly Batman cast, and now he’s turned his powers of redesign upon the Justice League, bringing them out to the Old West. Wonder Woman’s look translates nicely to a Western style, but what about the rest? https://gizmodo.com/meet-the-entire-cast-of-1950s-greaser-batmans-gotham-ci-5911595 Medri is obviously having fun with these redesigns; in addition to his…

io9 Lauren Davis Aug 4

LCD Zoetrope Is a Beautiful Update To an Antique Toy

Before YouTube, TV, and even the movies, people were genuinely entertained by a device called a Zoetrope that played simple looped animations while it spun. The animations were created on strips of paper that were placed inside the inner circumference of the device—a process that’s been made considerably easier with the Pristitrope’s array of tiny…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Aug 4

Robot Arm Builds Complex Sandcastles You Could Never Create With a Bucket and Shovel

If your only pursuit when visiting the beach is to construct the most epic sandcastle imaginable, you might want to leave your pail and tiny shovel at home and instead get your hands on this fantastic castle-crafting robot arm. Created by architects Petr Novikov, Inder Shergill and Anna Kulik, the Stone Spray robot features a…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Aug 4

Light Bulbs Are the Best and Worst Balls For a Newton’s Cradle

Newton’s Cradle is well-known for its repeating clicks, and gracing the desks of executives everywhere. This fragile, but awesome installation by Yasutoki Kariya changes things up a bit by using light bulbs instead of metal spheres. Surprisingly, they manage not to shatter. If you’re choosing things to bang together, light bulbs should rank pretty low…

Tech News Eric Limer Aug 4

Watch This: The Making of the Iconic Pressed Chair

The complex simplicity in which Harry Thaler’s Pressed Chair is created is quite incredible to see. The design—clearly one of great planning and prototyping—is clean, modern, seamless. Its construction a feat of technological design ingenuity. Watch and see. [MocoLoco]

Tech News Molly Oswaks Aug 3

Vintage Fishing Knife, Heavy Rabbit Stool, and More

Don’t go outside. It’s hot. Instead, stay inside and cool down with these beautiful things. From a house on a hairpin driveway to tiny greenhouses, these are your most beautiful items of the week. https://gizmodo.com/home-on-a-hairpin-turn-needs-more-hazard-lights-5931655 Home on a Hairpin Turn: Needs More Hazard Lights Peru’s 2.8x Architects took on a challenge with the Mirador House-how…

Tech News Leslie Horn Aug 3

10 of History’s Most Beautiful Typewriters

Protect Your Last Piece Of Sushi With Nunchaku Chopsticks

This Lovely Lighting Perfectly Complements a Spiral Staircase

A Deck Chair For Those Who Trust in Science

Ejector Seat Bar Stools Are the Most Efficient Way To Get Rid Of Creeps

10 Biggest Gadget Design Fails

Gorgeous Golden Gate Knife Packs the Same Steel as Its Namesake

This Must Be The Most Uncomfortable Chair Ever

Toilet Paper: A Brief and Sometimes Painful History

How Sony Could Rule the Tech World Again

Is It Possible to Make a New Tablet Look Exciting?

Off-Kilter Chair Puts a Sexy Slant on Seating

Counter Scrap Table Is Made Out of a Kitchen’s Leftovers

Delightfully Minimalist Baton Lamps Make For a Pile With Style

Wonder Woman’s lasso is perfect for these Wild West Justice League illustrations

LCD Zoetrope Is a Beautiful Update To an Antique Toy

Robot Arm Builds Complex Sandcastles You Could Never Create With a Bucket and Shovel

Light Bulbs Are the Best and Worst Balls For a Newton’s Cradle

Watch This: The Making of the Iconic Pressed Chair

Vintage Fishing Knife, Heavy Rabbit Stool, and More

This Memory Chip Survives Temperatures Hotter Than Lava

OpenAI Exec Reveals New Strategy in Leaked Memo: Attack Anthropic

GMKtec G3 Pro Mini PC Gets Nearly 40% Off First for Amazon Prime Members for a Limited Time

Popular Musician Loses Life Savings Through Malicious Crypto Wallet in Apple’s App Store

Peter Capaldi’s Biggest ‘Doctor Who’ Regret Was That He Couldn’t Be a Little Bit Miserable

Some Good News About the Upcoming Atlantic Hurricane Season

Scientists Discover Potential Path to Treating Down Syndrome

Astronomers Just Nailed Down the Universe’s Expansion Rate… and Now They Have More Questions

Anker’s EufyMake E1 Finally Brings Printers Out of the Dark Ages

This Loud-Ass Party Speaker Almost Got Me High AF

Asus Zenbook A16 Review: Start Considering Snapdragon on PC, for Real

Aqara Thermostat Hub W200 Review: Almost Better than My Ecobee

HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

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